It is for the first time that quantum simulation for high-energy physics (HEP) is studied in the
US decadal particle-physics community planning, and in fact until recently, this was not …

Conformal field theories have been long known to describe the fascinating universal physics
of scale invariant critical points. They describe continuous phase transitions in fluids …

A bstract Effective field theories (EFT) parameterize the long-distance effects of short-
distance dynamics whose details may or may not be known. Previous work showed that EFT …

A bstract We reconsider the problem of bounding higher derivative couplings in consistent
weakly coupled gravitational theories, starting from general assumptions about analyticity …

Over the past 15 years, the numerical conformal bootstrap has become an indispensable
tool for studying strongly coupled conformal field theories in various dimensions. Reviewed …

A bstract We study constraints from causality and unitarity on 2→ 2 graviton scattering in four-
dimensional weakly-coupled effective field theories. Together, causality and unitarity imply …

Using the numerical modular bootstrap, we constrain the space of 1+ 1 d conformal field
theories (CFTs) with a finite noninvertible global symmetry described by a fusion category C …

A bstract We make precise determinations of the leading scaling dimensions and operator
product expansion (OPE) coefficients in the 3d Ising, O (2), and O (3) models from the …

A bstract We study the torus partition functions of free bosonic CFTs in two dimensions.
Integrating over Narain moduli defines an ensemble-averaged free CFT. We calculate the …

These notes are from courses given at TASI and the Advanced Strings School in summer
2015. Starting from principles of quantum field theory and the assumption of a traceless …